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“Keep up and you will be kept up!” Is there a relationship between how much I exercise and how well I age? The quick and easy answer is YES! But, let’s first start with two simple concepts, aging and detraining. People often confuse the two and this is unfortunate because it makes the aging process [...]
Similar to talking about being fat, talking about being old is an important an indicator of body dissatisfaction, shows research in BioMed Central’s open access journal Journal of Eating Disorders. Body dissatisfaction is known to be correlated with, and predictive of, physical and mental health problems including binge eating, emotional eating, stress, low self-esteem, depression, [...]
Exercising regularly in old age may better protect against brain shrinkage than engaging in mental or social activities, according to a new study published in the October 23, 2012, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Research suggests that brain shrinkage may lead to problems with memory and thinking. [...]
There’s a profoundly negative, degrading attitude in our culture towards aging. I am offering you instead the tools to create a new paradigm whereby, as we age, we can embody and model the beauty of a rich spirit versus just a wrinkle-free face. Yoga has given me the ability to age because without it I [...]
Concentrate more on the words being sent rather than the photo. She’s a “bit overwhelming” but… she does at least appear confident in what/how she’s dressed… This is something we should all read at least once a week!!!!! Make sure you read to the end!!!!!! Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain [...]
The human body is an incredibly complex and intricate system, one that still baffles doctors and researchers on a regular basis despite thousands of years of medical knowledge. As a result, it shouldn’t be any surprise that even body parts and functions we deal with every day have bizarre or unexpected facts and explanations behind [...]
Do you ever notice that you may sometimes spend a little too much thought time or energy on worrying about your aging process? I have to admit that I have been guilty of that, and with our youth-obsessed culture – thanks to our American media, its not hard to have that happen! Well, researchers are [...]
Maria has been a teacher for 35 years. Teaching fills her life and gives her a sense of accomplishment, but recently she has begun to forget details and has become more and more disorganized. At first, she laughed it off, but her memory problems have worsened. Her family and friends have been sympathetic but are [...]
On this season of “Dancing With The Stars”, they truly saved the best for last on their first episode. Despite being 60-years-old and not a size 2, Alley rocked her first dance and is a force to be reckoned with this season. Alley tells E! News, “I did work hard, and I’m going to work [...]
There are good reasons why glutathione is often called the “master” antioxidant. Like all antioxidants, glutathione plays a key role in protecting cells against oxidative stress, which has been associated with more than 74 major diseases and disorders. The reason glutathione is so important and effective is that it can subdue many more free radicals [...]
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